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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia expands PEIA fraud investigation authority and authorizes regular license plates for agency vehicles
Last action · February 25, 2026: Referred to JudiciarySponsor: Mike Azinger
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What This Bill Proposed
The West Virginia Legislature introduced a bill expanding the Public Employees Insurance Agency's authority to investigate and prosecute fraud, establishing civil remedies, criminal penalties, and record-retention requirements, while authorizing regular license plates for agency investigative vehicles.
Enrollees, employers, and healthcare providers face new criminal penalties, , and administrative clawbacks for fraudulent claims, while PEIA gains subpoena powers and special investigative units.
- The West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) manages health insurance plans for state employees, educators, and various local government participants. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public Employees Insurance Agency enrollees
Enrollees face civil liabilities, administrative proceedings, and criminal penalties for securing unauthorized benefits or misrepresenting material facts.
Healthcare providers
Providers are subject to mandatory five-year record retention requirements, payment suspensions upon credible allegations of fraud, and potential network exclusion.
Participating employers
Employers must provide documentation upon request to verify full-time employment and eligibility of plan participants.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 25, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Judiciary
- Feb 25, 2026SenateCommitteeReported do pass
- Feb 25, 2026SenateOriginated in Senate Banking and Insurance
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Expanded Administrative Enforcement
The legislation shifts enforcement capabilities by granting PEIA direct administrative subpoena and investigation powers alongside traditional judicial channels.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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